Tag: gardening

Rain Barrel Riches: Slash Your Water Bill & Get Paid
June 19, 2025 Off

Rain Barrel Riches: Slash Your Water Bill & Get Paid

By The Admiral Staff

The article explores how rain barrels can help homeowners save money on their water bills, particularly for outdoor usage which accounts for 30-60% of bills. Rain barrels collect and store rainwater for uses like gardening and car washing, potentially saving $30-$60 per month, or $3,600-$7,200 over 10 years. Before purchasing, it’s important to check local regulations and look for rebates, with some areas offering incentives up to

Grow Your Own Savings: A Budget Gardener’s Guide
March 27, 2025 Off

Grow Your Own Savings: A Budget Gardener’s Guide

By The Admiral Staff

To save money on groceries amidst rising food costs, consider starting a budget-friendly garden. Tips include starting from seeds instead of seedlings, regrowing plants from kitchen scraps, repurposing household items as containers, making your own compost, utilizing local seed swaps, harvesting rainwater, using mulch, shopping for tools secondhand, and starting small to avoid waste.

Beyond Jack-o’-Lanterns: 11 Unexpected Ways to Use Your Pumpkins
November 2, 2024 Off

Beyond Jack-o’-Lanterns: 11 Unexpected Ways to Use Your Pumpkins

By The Admiral Staff

After Halloween, pumpkins have multiple uses beyond Jack-o’-lanterns. You can eat them in various recipes, use them as serving bowls or planters, create bird feeders or snowmen, decorate your Thanksgiving table, make a face mask, build a catapult, provide a canvas for painting, save the seeds for planting, or compost them for your garden.

Grow Smarter, Save Bigger: The Veggies That Really Pay Off in Your Garden
October 3, 2023 Off

Grow Smarter, Save Bigger: The Veggies That Really Pay Off in Your Garden

By The Admiral Staff

Starting a garden to save money on groceries can be worthwhile, but not all vegetables offer the same return. Salad greens, cherry tomatoes (especially heirloom varieties), green beans, and herbs like basil and rosemary are highly cost-effective to grow, potentially saving hundreds of dollars compared to grocery store prices. Honorable mentions include summer squash, carrots, zucchini, and leeks. However, vegetables like artichokes, carrots, cauliflower, celery, eggplant, and head lettuce are trickier to grow or simply too inexpensive

Budget-Friendly Backyard: 5 Pro Landscaping Secrets
August 2, 2023 Off

Budget-Friendly Backyard: 5 Pro Landscaping Secrets

By The Admiral Staff

The article offers five tips for landscaping on a budget, as a way to avoid professional lawn care costs that can reach $2,400 annually. These tips include: doing landscaping tasks yourself, utilizing aerating shoes to reduce costs, considering artificial grass for long-term water and maintenance savings (though initial installation is pricey), choosing perennial plants over annuals, planting edible greenery to offset costs, and buying mulch in bulk or even making your own.